Coronavirus

HCM City (VNA) – Designing tours to safe places which have yet been hit by the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is among the choices most selected by travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta at this time. The epidemic, which hit 54 nations and territories as of 6:30am of February 28, has seriously affected the tourism sector in Vietnam in general and in the south in particular. Deputy Director of the Tourism Department of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa said that revenues of several big travel agents in the city in February decreased by 40-60 percent. The number of tourists going to the city by air in the month was down 28.3 percent compared to January and nearly 23 percent year-on-year. The number of tourists to other southern localities, including Can Tho city and Ben Tre province, also fell significantly. To make tourists feel secured, travel agents in the southern region have strictly complied with … [Read more...] about Southern travel agents improve products amid coronavirus outbreak

Vietnam has sought to control travel flow from South Korea, with health declarations required from everyone coming from the country. Those with symptoms like high fever, coughing and breathing difficulties will be placed in quarantine, the Health Ministry said Sunday. … [Read more...] about South Korean visitors expose holes in coronavirus response

Although Vietnam has not recorded new cases of coronavirus infections in the last two weeks and all 16 patients have been discharged, insiders say fear of contagion will cause severe damage to the tourism industry, which accounts for seven percent of the country’s GDP. … [Read more...] about Hanoi hotels close in droves as coronavirus hits bookings

Nguyen Minh Thuyet, head of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, was also in favour of letting children return to school because closing them while the epidemic was under control "may send a wrong signal about the disease, confusing the public." … [Read more...] about Coronavirus has parents divided about schools reopening

Speaking at a meeting on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam called for continuing control over the country’s borders and incoming travelers as well as the adoption of drastic measures for swift detection and isolation of those suspected of contracting the lethal virus. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to suspend visa-waiver for South Koreans over coronavirus scare